Win: Rod Green (9-7) Loss: Mark Rojas (10-11)
Save: Harry Haeffner (33)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jim Etchison pitching. Jose Lynn lines out to the third baseman. Wally Poat flies out to the left fielder. Lou Fisher singles to center field. Gene Tappe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Troy Weatherly pitching. Ken Hobbs strikes out. Bert James walks. Joe Cedeno grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Bohn flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Freeman strikes out. Erik Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bunny Roth walks. Harry Jackson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bunny Roth is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ike Campbell hits an infield single to the pitcher. Roosevelt Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Jackson advances to third on the play. Ike Campbell advances to second on the play. Calvin Mizell singles to right field. Harry Jackson scores. Ike Campbell scores. Jim Etchison grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Billy Johnson singles to left field. Troy Weatherly lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jose Lynn singles to center field. Billy Johnson scores. Wally Poat strikes out. Lou Fisher walks. Gene Tappe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ken Hobbs strikes out. Bert James singles to left field. Joe Cedeno pops out to the shortstop. Bunny Roth walks. Harry Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Bohn flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Freeman strikes out. Erik Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ike Campbell grounds out to the shortstop. Roosevelt Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Calvin Mizell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Billy Johnson triples. Troy Weatherly strikes out. Jose Lynn walks. Wally Poat walks. Lou Fisher grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Etchison walks. Ken Hobbs doubles to right field. Jim Etchison is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Bert James walks. Joe Cedeno flies out to the right fielder. Bunny Roth flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Gene Tappe singles to right field. Bob Bohn doubles to center field. Gene Tappe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chuck Freeman walks. Erik Smith strikes out. Billy Johnson strikes out. Troy Weatherly reached on a fielding error by Bert James. Jose Lynn hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bob Bohn scores. Wally Poat strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Campbell strikes out. Roosevelt Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Lou Fisher pops out to the second baseman. Gene Tappe grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Bohn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Calvin Mizell grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Etchison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Chuck Freeman grounds out to the shortstop. Erik Smith walks. Billy Johnson walks. Mark Rojas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Troy Weatherly fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Troy Weatherly strikes out. Jose Lynn walks. Wally Poat strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bert James hits a home run. Rod Green comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Cedeno doubles past the third baseman. Bunny Roth strikes out. Harry Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Lou Fisher strikes out. Gene Tappe singles to left field. Bob Bohn singles to center field. Gene Tappe advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Chuck Freeman singles to center field. Gene Tappe scores. Bob Bohn advances to third on the hit. Slim Spinks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Erik Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Freeman advances to second on the play. Billy Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Harry Haeffner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Archie Craig is pinch hitting for Roosevelt Thompson. Archie Craig singles to left field. Calvin Mizell strikes out. Yadil Delgado is pinch hitting for Slim Spinks. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yadil Delgado grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Archie Craig is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ken Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 13 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed McCovey did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Knox did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dan Sadowski did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Simmons improves in arm Russ Hershiser improves in contact_vs_righty Russ Hershiser did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Knox did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Geoff Bilardello did not respond to coaching in control Dave Reid did not respond to coaching in control Harry Macha did not respond to coaching in range Raul Suder did not respond to coaching in control Dave Reid improves in velocity Paul George did not respond to coaching in control Michael Nilsson did not respond to coaching in CF